Mallette Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Maybe I am the only one who hasn't seen this. What a great piece! Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Thanks for posting. I've seen a couple Klipsch produced bits for the first time today. Both were well made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Roy is brilliant in his own right, but like John Eargle...and me, and many others, he was inspired by PWK. For me, it just made me into an music lover that says "If it ain't Klipsch, it's krap." Roy had the smarts to take the ball from PWK and run with it. He's done it in so many great designs! Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted December 16, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Mallette said: Roy had the smarts to take the ball from PWK and run with it. He's done it in so many great designs! I have not seen that, I like it. He has designed many great horns and speakers, and just as important as the smarts he has the passion. We don't always talk about audio, but somehow it always goes back to that in the end. You know when you think about your friends, some just stand out as people you are better for knowing, Roy is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Roy's best mixed metaphor regarding the Tractrix: "..the proof of the pudding is, just listen to it!..." The Tractrix smells good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 7 hours ago, wvu80 said: Roy's best mixed metaphor regarding the Tractrix: "..the proof of the pudding is, just listen to it!..." I love it when he talks technical! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 "The 20% no one listens to". I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 That 20% to which Roy refers, I believe, includes wisdom that PWK imparted to those that were ready to hear it. PWK apparently didn't talk about just what that 20% consisted of, but apparently only alluded to it. After a few years of studying PWK's and Roy's designs, changing out drivers and horns, inserting active crossovers and trying different settings, gathering measurement data, and correlating that data with extended listening over days, weeks, and months, it's clear to me that PWK marched to a different drummer than the average loudspeaker engineer...as does Roy. There are things that were done that no one has yet talked about...and especially about why they were done. I have to say that there are some very subtle things that most people will not see that's perhaps the last 5% of that 20%...that takes the willingness to see, hear, and to believe...after the ears hear it. Take PWK's discussions on the various forms of distortion (especially the audibility of bass modulation distortion generated by loudspeakers). This realization has failed to penetrate the belief systems of most people, I've found, even those that frequent this forum...and some who consider themselves to be experts. I know that John Eargle and Floyd Toole apparently never got that message (or convinced themselves that the solution was "too big for the consumer"). These were otherwise smart guys. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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